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last month president obama signed an act that for bids the u.s. from paying for clear detainee to relocate anywhere to the u.s. if they are in prison they have no money and they have got to passport. unclear how they would get here. reporting in berkeley, abc 7 news. >> victory for prosecutors today in the barry bond perjury case. federal judge will allow prosecutors to play an audio recording they claim has the personal trainer discussing the former giant stared use. they asked the judge to exclude the recording claiming no way to authenticate it since trainer anderson refuses to testify. the judge agreeed to allow it however since the man who secretly made the recording the former business partner will testify for the prosecution. the trial is scheduled to start march 21st. >> in sacramento today state judicial officials were grilled over bunk eled contracts and huge cost overruns in massive computer project for the state court system. about vick lee was at that legislative hearing. >> this is certainly one of the most sobering l aids that i hav
last month president obama signed an act that for bids the u.s. from paying for clear detainee to relocate anywhere to the u.s. if they are in prison they have no money and they have got to passport. unclear how they would get here. reporting in berkeley, abc 7 news. >> victory for prosecutors today in the barry bond perjury case. federal judge will allow prosecutors to play an audio recording they claim has the personal trainer discussing the former giant stared use. they asked the judge...
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president obama made the case today for his 2012 budget, and called on both parties to prepare for tough decisions about social security, medicare and medicaid. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, on capitol hill, republicans called for slashing this year's spending. david chalian walks us through the politics of today's debate. >> woodruff: and we talk to freshman senator and tea party leader rand paul, who says neither party is going far enough. >> i don't think we're on a path towards balancing the budget. we're not a path towards reducing the debt. we're on a path towards exploding the debt on both sides, democrat and republican. >> ifill: then, we look at the ripple effect from egypt's uprising, as protesters take to the streets in bahrain and yemen. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown zeroes in on the moves by the government of iran to crack down on demonstrators. >> ifill: betty ann bowser tells the story of a colorado clinic helping diabetepa
president obama made the case today for his 2012 budget, and called on both parties to prepare for tough decisions about social security, medicare and medicaid. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the newshour tonight, on capitol hill, republicans called for slashing this year's spending. david chalian walks us through the politics of today's debate. >> woodruff: and we talk to freshman senator and tea party leader rand paul, who says neither party is going far enough. >> i don't...
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president obama has proposed it for people making over $250,000. we should look at everything as a part of comprehensive tax reform. i do not want to pick out one piece and say, i will support that one piece without looking at the interaction of all the pieces. we need to have this competition right now in terms of tax reform as well as the other issues. >> what is your sense of where the president is on all of this? looking back on 1995 and 1996, a lot of democrats at that point decided bill clinton sold them out in terms of not holding the line on a lot of the cuts they were worried about. where is your sense on where president obama is on all of this and how involved he is going to be in the making these arguments? >> there is a good working relationship between the president and the democrats in the house and the senate. there will be dimmed -- there will be differences from time to time. the president also -- the has some's budget painful cuts. we are hearing from mayors and community leaders around the country about cuts to a community develo
president obama has proposed it for people making over $250,000. we should look at everything as a part of comprehensive tax reform. i do not want to pick out one piece and say, i will support that one piece without looking at the interaction of all the pieces. we need to have this competition right now in terms of tax reform as well as the other issues. >> what is your sense of where the president is on all of this? looking back on 1995 and 1996, a lot of democrats at that point decided...
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paranoid mischievous and heading in the wrong direction russia is an awkward prospect for barack obama russia a totalitarian regime in thrall to its our who is creating the new fascist empire russia is institutionalizing a state gangster culture which promises repression and ultimate economic failure for itself perhaps during the call the war the iron curtain which are either blocked or distorted most of the media reports made it easier to create a specific image of an isolated state but times we have changed most foreign press has long been available either in its original language or in translation to anyone with access to the web the nonprofit internet domain in a forum publishes daily translations of water goes about russia from ten countries and other material from up to ninety others and judging by what's written russia is still often seen as a vodka drinking beer overrun by mafia seeking world domination. president's made a video of an obama has been pushing horror that we stored in relations but it is the western press deliberately avoiding a restart of its own because cold war
paranoid mischievous and heading in the wrong direction russia is an awkward prospect for barack obama russia a totalitarian regime in thrall to its our who is creating the new fascist empire russia is institutionalizing a state gangster culture which promises repression and ultimate economic failure for itself perhaps during the call the war the iron curtain which are either blocked or distorted most of the media reports made it easier to create a specific image of an isolated state but times...
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and the test will be, will obama demagogued? >> i think not. >> the fever of egypt is spreading throughout the middle east. >> the united states strongly opposes the use of violence and strongly supports reform. that move toward democratic institution building and economic openness. i called my counterpart in bylined this morning and directly conveyed our deep -- bahrain of this morning and directly conveyed our deep concern. >> the rebellion in is spreading. in bahrain, the government can't -- banned public protest. people have been killed. doctors who have tried to help have been beaten. these are supposed to be good guys. modern, international banking center and home to the navy's fifth fleet -- believe. -- fifth fleet. >> right next to saudi arabia. >> autocratic kingdom. i spoke about speaker boehner about what he did -- i will say something about the bush administration, specifically secretary of state condoleezza rise to very early on, are demanding some very important speeches about bringing democracy to the middle east.
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obama's therefore is in a difficult position in. my final thought is in a country when the countries are as far apart as they are, it behooves us for $0.72 rise up to our elected officials we will put you in a room and locked the door and not give you food or water. we might but don't come out until you have a consensus for a plan to bring down the deficit to deal with the problems abroad because it is not rising to the location because our wisdom abroad starts at home. and no less the home front is fixed up to now be able to meet the challenges the country can't face a broad. thank you. [applause] >> if you have questions go to the center aisle. come forward and ask your question. i'd like to know your take on the recent wikileaks release and how it affected relations throughout the world, our diplomatic relations? >> i think the trove of documents that are now floating around in the public domain represent a serious breach of security. day embarrass the u.s. government because this shouldn't be happening and they embarrass governm
obama's therefore is in a difficult position in. my final thought is in a country when the countries are as far apart as they are, it behooves us for $0.72 rise up to our elected officials we will put you in a room and locked the door and not give you food or water. we might but don't come out until you have a consensus for a plan to bring down the deficit to deal with the problems abroad because it is not rising to the location because our wisdom abroad starts at home. and no less the home...
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president's made a video of an obama have been pushing horror that we stored in relations but it is the western press deliberately avoiding a restart of its own because cold war stereotypes are simply easier to sell. the press as a hostage if macdonald is ation a product has to be easily understood and quickly consumed and if the reader is developing intellectual a basis it's his problem as long as this type helps make some money and boost ratings the ryland wall fell over twenty years ago but perhaps some coverage just doesn't want to let the facts get in the way of a good story to tell you you go to school off the moscow. and coming up later in the program hungry for change supplier food prices are seen as a key to or go behind the rallies rolling around the middle east we'll look at which countries to be next. now with speculation of a change of the top of mungo complying forces what mistakes are still prevailing in afghanistan. for alleged terrorists from the chechen republic have been detained by security services of moscow's busiest transport hubs three man and a woman who were ab
president's made a video of an obama have been pushing horror that we stored in relations but it is the western press deliberately avoiding a restart of its own because cold war stereotypes are simply easier to sell. the press as a hostage if macdonald is ation a product has to be easily understood and quickly consumed and if the reader is developing intellectual a basis it's his problem as long as this type helps make some money and boost ratings the ryland wall fell over twenty years ago but...
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tomorrow, president obama delivers remarks on the u.s. economy and rebuilding the nation's infrastructure. watch live coverage from the u.s. chamber of commerce here on c-span at 11:30 a.m. eastern. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> you cannot watch the scenes in cairo without finding it incredibly moving. >> from london, "prime minister's questions," from me british house of commons. they addressed the unfolding events in british, including the security british nationals there. the prime minister recently visited the region and talks about a timetable for withdrawing british troops. >> order, questions to the prime minister. question one, mr. speaker. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i'm sure the whole house would like to join me to pray tribute to martin bell for the -- he died a true hero, showing exceptional bravery and selflessness as he went to the aid of an injured colleague. it is clear from the tributes paid that he was a well- liked soldier. our deepest
tomorrow, president obama delivers remarks on the u.s. economy and rebuilding the nation's infrastructure. watch live coverage from the u.s. chamber of commerce here on c-span at 11:30 a.m. eastern. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> you cannot watch the scenes in cairo without finding it incredibly moving. >> from london, "prime minister's questions," from me british house of commons. they...
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wings clipped with the last flight of the discovery channel's of the decommissioned soon and under obama's new space program astronauts will have to rely on russian spacecraft to take them into orbit. or aspiring middle east unrest at the moment draining wars in afghanistan and iraq and an ongoing financial slung american policymakers are facing a lot of pressing problems and our team spoke to brant scowcroft former u.s. national security adviser about the challenges ahead for the country. mr scowcroft thank you very much for joining all t. you belong to the school of foreign policy realists that's what they say for yourself and your republican with a career stretching across five american expert ministrations so we'd like to discuss several foreign policy issues with you and your view what are the consequences for the u.s. middle east policy after the toppling of mubarak in egypt and ben ali in tunisia you know one is always caught off guard by revolutions. because there are a surprise for a surprise to president ben ali and to president mubarak it's hardly unusual or be a surprise to the
wings clipped with the last flight of the discovery channel's of the decommissioned soon and under obama's new space program astronauts will have to rely on russian spacecraft to take them into orbit. or aspiring middle east unrest at the moment draining wars in afghanistan and iraq and an ongoing financial slung american policymakers are facing a lot of pressing problems and our team spoke to brant scowcroft former u.s. national security adviser about the challenges ahead for the country. mr...
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president barack obama campaigning two years ago. and when you sign when the presidential election did you think he was going to change american anyway i didn't believe him or did you think the system was too strong personally but it was obvious secondly didn't know foreign politics didn't have i.d.'s birdwatcher gross impressed me more was that the major find the answer was goldman sachs. and the american jews for obama or some organization in chicago that's to put it this way expected him to be very probably surrender so the moment you go on that line you're see you have tied up a lot of your foreign policy. trying to two other countries kind of thing probably starting with tunisia you know have six seven eight the coming by the way in the world you can leave behind disregard the people who voted for you. david and maybe can use and we me and blacks and hispanics and youth and all kinds of groups to see as i'm hoping for something new to happen with republican south republicans but a single little thing is the operating by presiden
president barack obama campaigning two years ago. and when you sign when the presidential election did you think he was going to change american anyway i didn't believe him or did you think the system was too strong personally but it was obvious secondly didn't know foreign politics didn't have i.d.'s birdwatcher gross impressed me more was that the major find the answer was goldman sachs. and the american jews for obama or some organization in chicago that's to put it this way expected him to...
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budget plan submitted by president obama sparked a heated debate over spending priorities some satyrs have hit out by saying it will seek out backs on health care programs and an increase in corporate tax hitting business growth economics expert richard wolf the university of massachusetts the cuts in budget will badly affect the people rather than the government. i think we have a political system that is scholar rhotic and what i mean by that is all the beneficiaries of government spending the companies that get subsidies the military producers who sell goods to the government the working people who get some benefits even if they're small all of them have mobilized to hold on to what they get to make it politically costly for any congressman or woman to go against them those people whose programs will be cut they will be hurt those people whose taxes will be raised they will be urged but these are very small potatoes the basic picture which republicans and democrats alike support is a budget that's going to be basically one and a half trillion dollars short the government is going t
budget plan submitted by president obama sparked a heated debate over spending priorities some satyrs have hit out by saying it will seek out backs on health care programs and an increase in corporate tax hitting business growth economics expert richard wolf the university of massachusetts the cuts in budget will badly affect the people rather than the government. i think we have a political system that is scholar rhotic and what i mean by that is all the beneficiaries of government spending...
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bob was president obama's personal attorney and general counsel of obama -- of the obama for america campaign. he also served as general counsel to the dnc, as co-counsel to the new hampshire state senate in the trial of chief justice david barack. he was general counsel to bill bradley for president. and he was also counsel to the democratic leader in the trial of william jefferson clinton. bob has graciously agreed to take a few minutes of questions at the conclusion of his remarks and we will then hear from an extremely distinguished panel. so now it is my pleasure to turn this over to bob bauer. thank you, bob. [applause] >> thank you. good to see you. thank you for your invitation as speaker today on the obama administration and judicial nominations in 2011. i have been fortunately free to make of this topic what i would, my host did not specify that we take any particular approach to the topic so this then is what i propose to do. i would like to lay out what i hope that we can accomplish this year in cooperation with the senate against the history of the last two years' experi
bob was president obama's personal attorney and general counsel of obama -- of the obama for america campaign. he also served as general counsel to the dnc, as co-counsel to the new hampshire state senate in the trial of chief justice david barack. he was general counsel to bill bradley for president. and he was also counsel to the democratic leader in the trial of william jefferson clinton. bob has graciously agreed to take a few minutes of questions at the conclusion of his remarks and we...
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president's made a video of an obama have been pushing horror that we stored in relations but it is the western press deliberately avoiding a restart of its own because cold war stereotypes are simply easier to sell. the press as a hostage of macdonald is ation a product has to be easily understood and quickly consumed and if the reader is developing intellectual obesity it's his problem as long as this theory of type helps make some money and boost ratings the ruling war over twenty years ago but perhaps some coverage just doesn't want to let the facts get in the way of a good story why do i tell you all the stuff you go to school of moscow. coming up later in the program hungry for change by rolling prizes are seen as a key trigger behind the rallies rolling around the middle east will look at which countries will be next. and with speculation of a change at the top among the occupying forces what mistakes are still prevailing and again a state. the uprisings in tunisia and egypt have triggered a domino effect of protests calling for reform across the arab world and here i am in riots
president's made a video of an obama have been pushing horror that we stored in relations but it is the western press deliberately avoiding a restart of its own because cold war stereotypes are simply easier to sell. the press as a hostage of macdonald is ation a product has to be easily understood and quickly consumed and if the reader is developing intellectual obesity it's his problem as long as this theory of type helps make some money and boost ratings the ruling war over twenty years ago...
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president obama releasing what he calls his cut and invest agenda, which projects an annual deficit of more than $1.6 trillion for the fiscal year. the president's proposal would freeze discretionary spending, reduce pentagon spending and increase education, infrastructure, and clean energy allotments. it does not address the fast growing and expensive programs of medicare, medicaid, and social security. >>> the marks took a breather early in the week, but the rally kept on rolling midweek. by wednesday, the s&p 500 doubled its lows of march 2009, and the markets hit two and a half year highs. >>> convicted swindler bernard madoff has granted his first jailhouse interview. madoff telling the "new york times" he never thought the collapse of his ponzi scheme would cause the sort of destruction it did to his family, and he also said that various banks and hedge funds, quote, had to know about his fraud. and their attitude was iyou're doing something wrong, we don't want to know about it. >>> the federal reserve says the economy is taking up steam in minutes from the fed's last meeting. o
president obama releasing what he calls his cut and invest agenda, which projects an annual deficit of more than $1.6 trillion for the fiscal year. the president's proposal would freeze discretionary spending, reduce pentagon spending and increase education, infrastructure, and clean energy allotments. it does not address the fast growing and expensive programs of medicare, medicaid, and social security. >>> the marks took a breather early in the week, but the rally kept on rolling...
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wrong on hezbollah but hating obama is where the agreement seems to end because this year here's the compromise that conservatives also will have to make we will have to look long and hard at the military budget. thank you it's going to be i knew there had to be some dissension so. some fresh faces are willing to say in with the new out with field the tea party is interested in selecting our tea party candidates not just all the not just all of the. establishment republicans but establishment republicans there may be the temptation to x. everything including the defense but still have something to say and the money to not only say it but also to believe that the united states is becoming the laughing stock of the world because delusion john beaner by the way is flying commercial these days. oh yes i do it's a new day no matter how obvious always has a place in society but when realistic ideas too often get drowned out you cannot say that the doubling of the military budget in the last ten years has all been spent wisely and that there's not any waste in the job. you just be on you. r
wrong on hezbollah but hating obama is where the agreement seems to end because this year here's the compromise that conservatives also will have to make we will have to look long and hard at the military budget. thank you it's going to be i knew there had to be some dissension so. some fresh faces are willing to say in with the new out with field the tea party is interested in selecting our tea party candidates not just all the not just all of the. establishment republicans but establishment...
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on president obama billion dollar transportation department budget for 2012. the transportation secretary was our guest on this morning's washington journal. it's 40 minutes.contin screen making aking return visit to thea washingtol journal we are pleased to have the secretary of transportation ari lahood. t we want to talk about the budget but i want to starte budget but i want to start with a budget battle in florida over high-speed rail because you are right in the middle of it. tell our audience about. guest: the governor decided he did not want to move ahead -- after two decades of planning by rail enthusiasts and government officials, after a very strong commitment on the floor of the legislature come after our commitment to give the second largest amount of high-speed rail money, over $2 billion, the governor made the decision that he doesn't want to move ahead with this. we have really accommodated every concerned that he had. i met with the governor on three different occasions and we talked about high-speed rail on all three occasions. and we address
on president obama billion dollar transportation department budget for 2012. the transportation secretary was our guest on this morning's washington journal. it's 40 minutes.contin screen making aking return visit to thea washingtol journal we are pleased to have the secretary of transportation ari lahood. t we want to talk about the budget but i want to starte budget but i want to start with a budget battle in florida over high-speed rail because you are right in the middle of it. tell our...
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obama is a perfect example. a person who genuinely want a different foreign policy and was unable to do. it's equally interesting to look to george bush. to what extent did he really have the option that we like to do? like to view our presidents with magical powers that they make decisions in a vacuum and create policies and people who speak to the president or semi magical and so on, so forth. i live in austin texas to avoid demagogues of washington. it's extremely important to understand how little choice obama had. the relationship george w. bush had with chancellor merkel wasn't on the fact that george w. bush allowed then, it was seized on the fact germany as a nation has interests as they do not fully coincide any longer with those of the united states. it's impossible to pretend we are in the middle of the cold war in this relationship to exist, and if you take that president and put a different president in regardless with the intent tensions are he's going to wind up with the same relationship and it's
obama is a perfect example. a person who genuinely want a different foreign policy and was unable to do. it's equally interesting to look to george bush. to what extent did he really have the option that we like to do? like to view our presidents with magical powers that they make decisions in a vacuum and create policies and people who speak to the president or semi magical and so on, so forth. i live in austin texas to avoid demagogues of washington. it's extremely important to understand how...
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barack obama has labeled corporate tax a burden brought many top business leaders into his political circle some critics say with his new wall street friendly stance he already has his eyes on reelection . just six reveal that every forty minutes in russia a woman dies at the hands of their partners but with a lack of adequate protection hundreds of thousands of victims and suffering the abuse in silence. now in a chilling coincidence a popular video game released before the deadly suicide bombing at the depicts a terrorist siege at a moscow airport spoke earlier with the man behind the grad auto theft series now because sorry about the line between violent video art and reality. the american embassy in tehran is in the hands of a moslem students to not. be running one thousand seven hundred demonstrators in the american embassy there. are teams sitting down with the man behind this video game one nine hundred seventy nine revolution as well as many more director producer and writer of documentaries and video games for over fifteen years as well as the mastermind of the groundbreakin
barack obama has labeled corporate tax a burden brought many top business leaders into his political circle some critics say with his new wall street friendly stance he already has his eyes on reelection . just six reveal that every forty minutes in russia a woman dies at the hands of their partners but with a lack of adequate protection hundreds of thousands of victims and suffering the abuse in silence. now in a chilling coincidence a popular video game released before the deadly suicide...
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president barack obama has unveiled his twenty twelve federal budget proposal what he plans to seven to eight billion dollars of defense spending over the next five years but brownback of women and who says the military budget for the next growing and is the largest since world war two. next year for instance the defense budget goes up by five percent at the same time that the federal government with the new budget eliminates two hundred federal programs including five million families who depend on energy subsistence because they can't afford to heat their homes those people are being sharply reduced students from low income families are losing one hundred billion dollars over ten years and pell grants that's the money they need to go to college and yet the defense budget is growing and growing and growing not only is it not enough if you look at inflation adjusted spending levels this is higher for the defense which is misnamed it's the war budget it's higher than any time since world war two higher than during the vietnam war higher during the new cold war there's always a some ne
president barack obama has unveiled his twenty twelve federal budget proposal what he plans to seven to eight billion dollars of defense spending over the next five years but brownback of women and who says the military budget for the next growing and is the largest since world war two. next year for instance the defense budget goes up by five percent at the same time that the federal government with the new budget eliminates two hundred federal programs including five million families who...
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president obama came out afterwards and gave a speech. again he was commending the protesters for standing up for their universal rights that president obama said he supports, the right of assembly, democracy, right to pick your own leaders, etcetera. but he also cautioned the protesters against resorting to violence, cautioning the egyptian government against violence. and it's still again, he was still supporting mubarak very much. then over the weekend everything changed and the president and others and the administration secretary of state hillary clinton -- that was after mubarak basically reshuffled his cabinet thinking that would be enough realized he needed more how far a fendly nudged and that's when they dispatched the former u.s. omnibus dur to egypt frank wisner to go there and basically say we don't think, president obama doesn't think you should run for re-election, quote/unquote re-election. and that your son, gamal should not be on the ballot this septr either. again mubarak didn't seem to be getting the message although h
president obama came out afterwards and gave a speech. again he was commending the protesters for standing up for their universal rights that president obama said he supports, the right of assembly, democracy, right to pick your own leaders, etcetera. but he also cautioned the protesters against resorting to violence, cautioning the egyptian government against violence. and it's still again, he was still supporting mubarak very much. then over the weekend everything changed and the president...
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and that will be a fill your for the obama administration. so i think administration is taking the view at least that it can influence, pressure suleiman with whom we have a close relationship into doing what is promised. producing these reforms within six months, finding time for political parties to come into being, talk to the egyptian people. it's all pretty far-fetched in a way when you think of the very close time frame. and certainly elbaradei says it's not possible. we need mubarak to go, he says, and we need a year to prepare elections. >> rose: i want to turn to one thing that i thought you wrote about really well, which is the sense of dignity that pervades the people that you have met. i'm quoting now from a man who said "why would we trust him now to play it right?" that's the question the west hand answered. you say "the deeper problem is more culture than political, to accept the mubarak or chaos argument is a form of disrespect to the civility and capacity of tahrir square. it's an expression of western failure before the expl
and that will be a fill your for the obama administration. so i think administration is taking the view at least that it can influence, pressure suleiman with whom we have a close relationship into doing what is promised. producing these reforms within six months, finding time for political parties to come into being, talk to the egyptian people. it's all pretty far-fetched in a way when you think of the very close time frame. and certainly elbaradei says it's not possible. we need mubarak to...
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president mubarak's statement last night can i ask the prime minister whether he agrees with president obama that the stable and orderly transition to democracy must be meaningful, peaceful, and begin now? >> we absolutely take that view. the transition needs to be rapid and credible and it needs to start now and i think as the honorable gentleman says we should be clear. we stand with those in this country who want freedom, who want democracy and rights the world over. that should always be our view. and you can't watch the scenes in kirowithout finding incredibly moving for people who want to have those aspirations in egypt as we have them in our country. now, the government takes the very strong view that political reform is what's required, not repression and we made that clear in all the calls i've made including to president mubarak and the egyptian minister. the key question is have they done enough? now, president mubarak says he's going and we respect that. what matters is not just the orderly transition but also that it is urgent, it is credible and it starts now. and the more they
president mubarak's statement last night can i ask the prime minister whether he agrees with president obama that the stable and orderly transition to democracy must be meaningful, peaceful, and begin now? >> we absolutely take that view. the transition needs to be rapid and credible and it needs to start now and i think as the honorable gentleman says we should be clear. we stand with those in this country who want freedom, who want democracy and rights the world over. that should always...
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after talking with egyptian president mubarak earlier this week, president obama said this. >> an orderly transition must be meaningful, it must be peaceful, and it must begin now. furthermore, the process must include a broad spectrum of egyptian of voices and opposition parties. it should lead to elections that are free and fair. >> free and fair elections. what are the odds of that happening, charles? >> i think a good, as long as the army stays intact, as long as the army's not drag it to one side or the other, remains a guarantor and -- a guarantor of the state. mubarak will be gone sooner or later, but it is the one institution that could midwives the transition period to elections, parliamentary and presidential. >> mark? >> every survey of public opinion in the united states says that one institution that is corrected and respected is the military did they could be the savior of egypt as well. i did it is the best hope. democracy it is unpredictable. we know that. that is why we don't know the outcome. we do hope more than expect. >> nina? >> i am probably butchering this quote fr
after talking with egyptian president mubarak earlier this week, president obama said this. >> an orderly transition must be meaningful, it must be peaceful, and it must begin now. furthermore, the process must include a broad spectrum of egyptian of voices and opposition parties. it should lead to elections that are free and fair. >> free and fair elections. what are the odds of that happening, charles? >> i think a good, as long as the army stays intact, as long as the...
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now when he was running for president back in two thousand and eight candid it barack obama promised to close the prison at guantanamo bay and just after taking office he signed an order to close gitmo but as we all know that closure hasn't happened yet and now we know that it isn't going to happen anytime soon either all testifying on capitol hill cia director leon panetta said that if osama bin laden or his deputy i'm on also ari were ever captured they would be held at guantanamo bay and that's that's pretty big news considering it's the first time anybody in the obama administration has even outlined a detention plan for all his top leadership and u.s. officials do caution that there's no hint that a capture is imminent which i think is pretty obvious considering it's been ten years they still can't find the guy but of course the bigger point here when that is comes is they give no is open for business and ready to take in more detail but a statement indicates that the obama white house is actually contemplating the future use of good mo even though they say they're still committ
now when he was running for president back in two thousand and eight candid it barack obama promised to close the prison at guantanamo bay and just after taking office he signed an order to close gitmo but as we all know that closure hasn't happened yet and now we know that it isn't going to happen anytime soon either all testifying on capitol hill cia director leon panetta said that if osama bin laden or his deputy i'm on also ari were ever captured they would be held at guantanamo bay and...
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charge to see if it will be able to prepare the country for presidential elections in september iraq obama along with other world leaders welcome to move to thank the voice of the people that you can see here on the streets of cairo. have been heard finally but since the. us back a fallen dictator during his thirty year reign there are those who question with sincerity those sentiments. can reports washington is not likely to take a back seat when it comes to egypt's new politics. in the west mubarak's departure was hailed as a triumph of democracy for gyptian to have made it clear that nothing less than genuine democracy will carry the day. the u.s. congratulates egyptians for getting rid of a repressive leader it's a big change after washington sponsoring hosni mubarak for thirty years and turning a blind eye to widespread human rights violations in the country what have they been doing for the previous years while mubarak was actually torturing people. putting down opposition by force barak was a bad guy but he was our bad guy and as long as we had some element of control and that was g
charge to see if it will be able to prepare the country for presidential elections in september iraq obama along with other world leaders welcome to move to thank the voice of the people that you can see here on the streets of cairo. have been heard finally but since the. us back a fallen dictator during his thirty year reign there are those who question with sincerity those sentiments. can reports washington is not likely to take a back seat when it comes to egypt's new politics. in the west...
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president hosni mubarak has finally stepped down a standoff lasted more than two weeks while barack obama welcomed the move saying that the voice of the people had been hurt but since america back the fall of dictator and his thirty year regime there are those who question the sincerity of the u.s. said to me it's going to check out reports. in the west mubarak's departure was hailed as a triumph of democracy or gyptian said made it clear that nothing less than genuine democracy will carry the day the u.s. congratulates egyptians for getting rid of a repressive leader it's a big change after washington sponsoring hosni mubarak for thirty years and turning a blind eye to widespread human rights violations in the country what have they been doing for the previous thirty years while mubarak was actually torturing people. putting down opposition by force barak was a bad guy but he was our bad guy and as long as we had some element of control and that was good for us america's close ally is out of power but some analysts say the u.s. is still pulling the strings united states has a long term a
president hosni mubarak has finally stepped down a standoff lasted more than two weeks while barack obama welcomed the move saying that the voice of the people had been hurt but since america back the fall of dictator and his thirty year regime there are those who question the sincerity of the u.s. said to me it's going to check out reports. in the west mubarak's departure was hailed as a triumph of democracy or gyptian said made it clear that nothing less than genuine democracy will carry the...
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democracy democracy in making kind of thing something that we saw a little more than a week ago when obama delivered all these passionate speeches on people of egypt making their voice heard and embracing democracy there is no more of that now with the exception of iran of course the u.s. is for anything that's against the ukrainian leadership but the situation in some other countries has to have spiraled out of control with egypt analysts say it was easier and safer for the u.s. to root for democracy and support the people because there is the army there which is very powerful and is largely financed by the united states and is now in control of egypt but you know other countries in libya for example the u.s. doesn't have that same leverage so they are much more cautious calling for democracy in those countries i spoke to some experts here they say washington's biggest fear is that those uprisings in the region could bring about leaders who will be hostile to the united states and many analysts and only say for the u.s. is not really about supporting democracy in those countries it's abou
democracy democracy in making kind of thing something that we saw a little more than a week ago when obama delivered all these passionate speeches on people of egypt making their voice heard and embracing democracy there is no more of that now with the exception of iran of course the u.s. is for anything that's against the ukrainian leadership but the situation in some other countries has to have spiraled out of control with egypt analysts say it was easier and safer for the u.s. to root for...
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what was the strategy that president obama had in mind? president bush's strategy was a more modest one of holding key areas of not really trying to dominate the country. president obama argues we're in the wrorng war. we are now in this war. it's not clear we have the forces necessary to bring this to a conclusion. therefore, we are struck with a pakistan because if we withdrawal, in this case pakistan, or we een ties pakistan into collaborating within a staged withdrawal so that this comes to the points that it really doesn't matter if what happened in the past. at this moment, if our goal is to somehow exit afghanistan without attempting to occupy it which is not a choice, we must deal with pakistan. i mean, who else can we? >> host: that's right. the question is not dealing with pakistan as much as what is the longer term outcome in terms of are they coming away from wherever we end up with a new status quo in afghanistan recommitted to their campaign of underminding their neighbor next door in india. >> guest: we have a choice. we can
what was the strategy that president obama had in mind? president bush's strategy was a more modest one of holding key areas of not really trying to dominate the country. president obama argues we're in the wrorng war. we are now in this war. it's not clear we have the forces necessary to bring this to a conclusion. therefore, we are struck with a pakistan because if we withdrawal, in this case pakistan, or we een ties pakistan into collaborating within a staged withdrawal so that this comes to...
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following the president's statement last month, can i ask the prime minister if he agrees with president obama, that a stable and orderly transition to democracy must be meaningful, peaceful, and begin now? >> we absolutely take that view. the transition must be rapid and credible and needs to start now. we should be clear. we stand with those in this country who want freedom, who want democracy and rights, the world over. that should always be argued. you can watch the scenes in cairo without finding it incredibly moving, but people wanting to have those aspirations in egypt as we have given our country. the government is very strong view that political reform is what is required, not repression. we have made that clear in all of our calls made to president mubarak. the key question is have they done enough? president mubarak says he is going. we respect that. but it should be urgent, credible, and start now. the more they can do a timetable to convince people it is true, the sooner the country can settle down to a more stable and democratic future. >> i think the whole house will be pleased
following the president's statement last month, can i ask the prime minister if he agrees with president obama, that a stable and orderly transition to democracy must be meaningful, peaceful, and begin now? >> we absolutely take that view. the transition must be rapid and credible and needs to start now. we should be clear. we stand with those in this country who want freedom, who want democracy and rights, the world over. that should always be argued. you can watch the scenes in cairo...
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obama has ordered three more ground strikes than george bush in his entire time in office. it's the continuities between obama and bush. >> charlie: that's not that many. >> there aren't that many members of al-qaeda or afghanistan or pakistan but there are 200 members of al-qaeda on 9/11. this has been a pretty small organization. >> charlie: at the time of 9/11 they had a group of 200 member. >> the waive we define membership, swearing a personal oath or allegiance to bin laden. you don't swear allegiance to al-qaeda you swear allegiance to bin laden himself. >> charlie: where does that come from? >> the phrase in arabic is buy out which is an old idea an islamic ruler you swear oath of allegiance. the numbers of al-qaeda have always been small. i think it's a bit of red herring to just focus on the numbers because the strength of al-qaeda is to have a group for these ideas. so you see itself as an elite group that's trying to influence other people. the good news is that more and more muslims are turning againt it. that's beginning to change. >> charlie: the afghan star
obama has ordered three more ground strikes than george bush in his entire time in office. it's the continuities between obama and bush. >> charlie: that's not that many. >> there aren't that many members of al-qaeda or afghanistan or pakistan but there are 200 members of al-qaeda on 9/11. this has been a pretty small organization. >> charlie: at the time of 9/11 they had a group of 200 member. >> the waive we define membership, swearing a personal oath or allegiance to...